Paddle toy



1950 s. B. .BARNACK 2,950,113

PADDLE TOY Filed Jan. 19, 1959 i I 5-5 .2. INVENTOR.

' STANLEY a BARNACK AI'I'GR/VEY United States Patent PADDLE TOY StanleyB. Barnack, Brooklyn, N.Y. (25 Webb Lane, Highland Falls, N.Y.)

Filed Jan. 19, 1959, Ser. No. 787,534

3 Claims. (Cl. 273-97) This invention relates to toys and, moreparticularly, to a manupally operated paddle toy.

Various types of manually manipulated toys have been provided forchildren to improve their dexterity and timing. Accordingly, it is anobject of the present invention to provide a manually operated paddletoy that will improve dexterity, as well as provide a device for amuse-Inent purposes.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a double sidedpaddle toy having a pair of elastically supported balls which may beactuated with one hand to provide a variety of skillful feats.

Still an additional object of the present invention is to provide amanually operated paddle toy of the type described that can bemanufactured in large quantities at a relatively low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of thisinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing,wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a paddle toy made in accordance withthe present invention in operative use;

Figure 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the toy shown in Figure 1 inan at rest position;

Figure 3 is a transverse cross sectional view taken along line 33 ofFigure 2;

Figure 4 is a side elevational view of the toy shown in Figure 2; and

Figure 5 is a perspective view of a slightly modified form ofconstruction.

Referring now to the drawing, and more particularly to Figures 1 to 4thereof, a paddle toy made in accordance with the present invention isshown to include a substantially rigid panel having a pair of segmentalcircular paddle portions 12, 14, one at each end integral- 1y connectedtogether by means of a central handle portion 16. Each paddle portion12, 14 is provided with an *npper surface 12a, 14a, and a lower surface12b, 14b,

of substantially identical surface texture.

In accordance with the form of the invention shown in Figures 1 to 4 ofthe drawing, an elastic band or cable 18 extends through a centralopening 19 of each paddle portion 12, 14, but in opposite directions sothat the resilient ball 22 at the opposite end of each such 2,950,113Patented Aug. 23, 1960 elastic 18 is adapted to strike the bottomsurface 12b at one paddle portion and the top paddle surface 14a of theopposite paddle portion. Knots 20 at opposite ends of the elastic 18secure the elastic within the opening 19 of each paddle and also serveto retain the resilient ball 22 upon the opposite free end thereof. 4

In actual use, the device is held in the manner shown in Figure 1,whereby both balls may be actuated simultaneously to alternately strikethe associated surfaces in one way or another, depending upon thedexterity and skill of the operator.

In Figure 5 of the drawing, a slightly modified form of construction 30is shown wherein the central handle portion 16' integrally connects theopposite paddle portions 12', 14', each one of which is provided withopposing surfaces. In this embodiment, however, both elastic elements 18extend outwardly from the same upper or lower surface 12a, 14a of therespective paddle portions, so that the balls 22 associated therewithmay be simultaneously actuated by the operator so as to strike at thesame time the respective surfaces of the panel. Of course, theseelastics 18 can be made to extend outwardly from either the upper or thelower surfaces of the paddle portions.

While this invention has been described with particular reference to theconstruction shown in the drawing, it is to be understood that such isnot to be construed as imparting limitations upon the invention, whichis best defined by the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. A paddle toy comprising, in combination, a main body member having apair of paddle portions one at each opposite end of said main bodymember, a handle 'integral with both of said pair of paddle portions andlying in substantially a common plane thereof, a pair of balls, anelastic cable securing each one of said balls to one of said pair ofpaddle portions, each one of said pair of paddle portions comprising asubstantially segmental circular plate lying substantially flat on bothsides, and said handle being substantially symmetrical with both of saidpaddle portions and with both sides thereof.

2. A paddle toy as set forth in claim 1, wherein one of said balls iselastically secured to the upper surface of one of said paddle portions,and the other one of said balls is elastically secured to the lowersurface of the other one of said paddle portions.

3. A paddle toy as set forth in claim 1, wherein each one of said ballsis elastically secured to the same one of said surfaces of both of saidpaddle portions.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,928,583 Young Sept. 26, 1933 2,009,698 Marx July 30, 1935 2,208,086Singer July 16, 1940 2,566,044 Trepanier Aug. 28, 1951

